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PwC confident sector will consolidate and improve outcome for pensioners but short-term challenges remain

It’s never too early to check whether your current pension savings match your plans for retirement, or too late to take action

While more than half of men receive a private pension, fewer than one in three women receive the same benefit

Department of Social Protection tells employers new rules will allow transfer from compulsory scheme to workplace alternative

Legislation is set to bring 800,000 workers aged between 23 and 60 and earning above €20,000 into retirement scheme for the first time

Some 800,000 workers will be brought into a scheme for the first time, but Sinn Féin says NTMA should manage new initiative and not private pensions sector

Choices on where to put your pension fund when you retire are very much down to your own views about financial security and investment

New figures show compulsory workplace saving could deliver a decent pension

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EY numbers suggest workers could retire with strong savings for retirement under new compulsory pension scheme

Simon Harris will be looking to manage the delicate balance between raising revenue and keeping the electorate happy

The €500m fund established with Irish Life Investment Managers is first signal investment by new master trusts

Change may be afoot, but there is no doubt that cohabiting couples lose out financially when compared to married people

Industry observers skeptical that scheme – aimed at capturing 750,000 workers without pension plans – can be up and running by start of 2025

Q&A: Gaps in a long working life mean that reader falls short of a full State pension

Some in the annuity sector seems to be anything other than focused on openness and transparency with customers

Plan by Minister for Social Protection Heather Humphreys to launch landmark project by the end of the year continues to draw a lot of scepticism

Study shows women in retirement still fare poorly under Irish pensions system

Move would end anomaly that saw people obliged to retire a year before they could access pension

How much of this is driven by financial necessity or other factors?

Saving for a pension is encouraged but saving too much can land you with an unwelcome tax bill as high earners in the public and private sectors have discovered

IBM’s decision to reinstate its defined benefit scheme in the US makes good business sense — other companies should follow

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Is it spent on things that actually make us happy or is that Amazon order of junk just holding us back from future happiness

Standard fund threshold set at €2m in 2014 needs to increase to account for inflation, life expectancy, annuity costs and demographics, Big Four firm says

Q&A: New way of assessing eligibility for State pension will remove some of the unfairness of the current system

Pension Q&A: People need to apply for the widow(er)’s pension as it is not paid automatically unless you are a dependent adult of a State pensioner

Report on UK mandatory pensions shows they have transformed the pension savings landscape within 12 years

Minister plans to launch request for tender on Friday to shortlisted firms to build landmark pensions system and publish enabling draft legislation in March

Moves to let people defer their State pension for higher payments later on is currently not a good trade-off for many

Ibec warns that legislation on equality and pay transparency may limit scope for employers, many of whom also have mandatory retirement ages

Many workers are likely to fall short of income expectations when they stop work, research suggests

A man’s pension is on average 35 per cent greater than a woman’s - that needs to change

With salaries expected to rise above inflation this year, take care first to pay down your most expensive debt and then consider your options

Talks set to resume in coming days despite starkly different takes on offer from Government and union sides

The vast bulk of employees in the private sector will retire on much lesser terms than their public sector equivalents

Q&A: couple who each qualify for State contributory pension worry about finances when one has gone

Unable to afford their own homes or save for a pension, they’ll have to carry the burden of paying for the pensions of the home-owning generation. More must be asked of older people

Under scheme launched this week, long-term carers can apply for contributions equivalent to PRSI payments

Actuarial report notes bill will start to fall from 2040 as impact of newer recruits paying towards their pension takes hold